“I really wanted people to understand what the past was. At its base level, this is what happens when women have to use a coat hanger when they need an abortion.” -Leela Corman

Leela Corman is an illustrator and comic book artist, based in Gainesville, Florida. Her 2012 graphic novel Unterzakn is about twin sisters growing up in the Russian-Jewish neighborhood of the Lower East Side at the turn of the last century. Lani Hanna sat down with Corman in February to discuss the book.